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Chapter 95: Contractually Yours

Autor: Clara
last update Data de publicação: 2026-05-23 17:12:17

Jem's POV

Before I could fully catch it, that small smile flickered across his face for just a second, barely there, like it wasn’t meant to exist at all. And then just as quickly, he hid it, masking it with that usual calm, unreadable expression of his, like nothing had happened in the first place.

He continued a moment later, his voice steady again as if he had never been interrupted by anything emotional at all. “Until after our night together, things only manifest fully if the bond complet
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